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Gerson Lisman SKINNER

Male 1922 - 2002  (79 years)


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  • Name Gerson Lisman SKINNER 
    Birth 20 Jun 1922  Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1940  Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 12 Jan 2002  Long Beach, Nassau, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Siblings 1 brother and 2 sisters 
    Person ID I6524  bmds
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2021 

    Father Fenwick Fenton SKINNER,   b. 25 Jul 1870, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1953, Groveland, Livingston, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Charlotte Josephine LISMAN,   b. 27 Jun 1885, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1969, Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F2439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kathleen Mary Elizabeth McGRATH,   b. 24 Aug 1937, Bronx, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jul 1968  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Gerson : 46 years old | Kathleen : 30 years old. 
    Children 1 son and 1 daughter 
     1Male. R.M. SKINNER
     2Female. E.M. SKINNER
     
    Family ID F2436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Jun 1922 - Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Jul 1968 - New York
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Jan 2002 - Long Beach, Nassau, New York
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Gersion Skinner is a veteran of World War II; he was wounded at the battle of the Hürtgen Forest in Germany in october 1944. He graduated from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA in 1952.

      From Mount Vernon Daily Argus (1945): Gerson Skinner In Hospital
       Private First Class Gerson Skinner, twenty-two, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fenwick F. Skinner of 25 Pearl Street, who was wounded in the leg by German shell fragments in action in Germany, has been returned to the States and is a patient at the Army’s Thomas M. England General Hospital at Atlantic City.
       Private Skinner has had several operations on his leg and will have another soon. He was wounded last October near Cologne in the same little town from which his grandparents came. He wears the Purple Heart.
       While attending Davis High School he was employed for more than a year in the pressroom at the Daily Argus. Emplyes recently sent a box of goodies to him at the hospital.
       Private Skinner enlisted more than two years ago and trained in Georgie; Fort Mead, Md.; New Orleans, La.; Panama, Colorado and California.
       He saw action in Belgium, France and Germany.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] 1930 US Census, Mount Vernon (NY), block 322 - family #155.
      Skinner Gerson | Son | age: 7 | birthplace: NY | father’s bp: Mass. | mother’s bp: Missouri | occup.: none

    2. [S7] 1940 US Census.

    3. [S9] Social Security Death Index.
      Gerson L. Skinner | b. 20 Jun 1922 | d. 12 Jan 2002 (V) | 11561 (Long Beach, Nassau, NY) (none specified) | SSN: 097-14-3532 New York

    4. [S4] Obituary.
      SKINNER, GERSON LISMAN – Gerson Lisman Skinner of Boynton Beach, FL and Long Beach, NY, a former resident of Mount Vernon, died on January 12, 2002. He was born on June 20, 1922 to Fenwick F. and Charlotte Lisman Skinner. He was a graduate of A.B Davis High School. During World War II, Gerson served with the Ninth Division of the U.S Army and saw action in France, Belgium and Germany. In October 1944, he was severly wounded in combat and was awarded a Purple Heart. He graduated from Lehigh University in 1952.
       Gerson married Kathleen McGrath on July 20, 1968 in New York. In 1993, he retired, after 27 years with the Human Resources Administration of the City of New York. He was an adult leader of Troop 1, B.S.A., in Pelham, NY. He was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Boynton Beach, FL. He enjoyed life and his quirky sense of humor and good heart brought happiness to others.
       In addition to his wife, Gerson will be missed by son, Richard M. Skinner of Arlington, VA, and daughter, Elizabeth M. Skinner of Eastchester, NY; mother-in-law Elizabeth McGrath of Rockaway Beach, NY; nephews Ray Sawhill and Bruce Woodruff, both of Manhattan, and nieces, Joanne Griffen of St. Louis, MO and Christina Woodruff of Los Banos, CA. He was predeceased by his sisters, Janet Woodruff and Mitia Sawhill.
       A funeral service was held on January 15, 2002 at Vanella’s Funeral Chapel in Oceanside, NY.
      — The Journal News (New York), January 22nd, 2002